Pail.



Patented Dec. 5, I899.

H. ssrzoun & o. SCHUBERT.

PAIL.

(Application filed. June 6, 1899.!

(No Model.)

INVENTORS ATTORNEY.

.WITNE/SZZZIA Ch /QM m: unflms versus co. worou'r Unrrnn STATES reins.

PATENT HUGO BETZOLDT, OF DETROIT, AND OSCAR SCHUBERT, OF FBQANABA,

MICHIGAN.

PAIL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 638,547, dated December5, 1899. Application filed June 6,1899. Serial No. 719,559. (No model.)

T 0 [LZZ whom, it nutg concern.-

Be it known that we, HUGO BETZOLDT, residing at Detroit,county oflVayne,and OSCAR SOHUBERT, residing at Escanaba, county of Delta,Stateof 1\Iichigan,citizens of the United States, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Pails or Packages; and we do declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

Our invention relates to receptacles for packing and shipping articlesor goods, such as candies, tobacco, fruit, and other dry articles; andit consists of a veneer package comprising four veneers each one hundredand eighty degrees, a bottom,and clamping-hoops, all of which areassembled and firmly secured together Without the intervention of nailsor glue, the object being to produce a package that is verystrong anddurable, yet extremely cheap to manufacture and very light in weight.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of our improved package.Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view ofthe same. Fig. 4 is a vertical crosssection of Fig. 5 on the line A B,parts being broken away. Fig. 5 is a face view of one of the veneersdetached, showing its general shape or outline. Fig. 6 is an end View ofthe same. Fig 7 is an end view of the bottom.

1 represents the package or pail.

2 are the veneers of which the pail is construct-ed. These veneers, eachone hundred and eighty degrees, are four in number and are comparativelythin and cut on a taper, as clearly shown in Fig. 5, thereby giving thepackage constructed of them a tapered shape or finish, whereby thepackage is given a better appearance.

4 is a groove that is cut into the inner face of the veneers that are tobe used on the inside of the package, in which the edge of the bottom 5is secured. The bottom 5 is also constructed of a veneer,butsufficiently strong to support any reasonable weight that may be placedin the package. As will be seen more clearly from Figs. 2

and 3, the package is constructed from only four of these veneers andeach veneer is of a width equal to onehalf the circumference of thecompleted package, whereby two veneers form a complete circle, the innerveneers forming the inner face of the lining of the package or pail,while the other two veneers form the outer face or covering for thepackage or pail.

It is of course obvious that the outer veneers may be suitablyornamented by painting, or, if desired, they may be stamped or embossedby reason of their being thin.

6 are the clamping or binding hoops, which are, preferably, of metal andstruck up at intervals, as at 7, whereby bights or sharp projections 8are formed on their inner face.

In assembling the parts the veneers intended to form the inner facing ofthe pail or package are first set up and bent around the bottom 5,theedge of the bottom resting in the groove 4. The veneers forming theout side of the package or pail are then lapped around the innerveneers, with their edges overlapping the juncture of theinner veneers.Preferably the edgesof the inner and the outer veneers meet about themiddle of the respective veneers, thereby forming a closed joint, asmore clearly seen in Figs. 2 and 3.

The hoops are then driven on until the edges of the veneers in therespective layers of the veneers are tightly forced together, and thehoops are held in this position by means of the bights or projectionsSsinking into or penc trating the outer veneers. We make the upper hoop9 of wood, to which, if desired, a suitable handle may be secured.

Should the veneer shrink, it is only necessary to drive thebinding-hoops up until the edges of the veneers are again tightly driventogether. i

It is of course obvious that, if desired, the hoops maybe driven off anda number of pack ages or pails crated in a comparatively small space,thereby making a material saving in freight charges.

A cover may be secured to the pail by nail ing it to the wooden hoop atthe top.

As shown in Fig. 7, the edge of the bottom 5 may be tapered.

What We claim isl. A package or pail comprising a series of semicircularoverlapping veneers each one hundred and eighty degrees, a groove formedin the inner face of two of said veneers, a bottom secured in saidgrooves and bindinghoops for drawing the veneers tightly together.

2. A package or pail comprising four loose overlapping veneers each onehundred and eighty degrees, a groove formed in the inner face of the twoinner veneers, a bottom secured in said grooves, and binding-hoops fordrawing and holding the veneers tightly together, hights or projections8 struck up from said hoops for holding them in a fixed position.

hundred and eighty degrees throughout their length, a groove formed inthe inner face of the two inner veneers, a bottom secured in,

said groove and binding-hoops for drawing and holding the veneerstightly together.

In testimony whereof We afiix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

HUGO BETZOLDT. OSCAR SOHUBERT. Witnesses:

WALTER W. PRESTON, MARGARET KILLIAN.

